Conversations With the Dead
Les morts ont la parole
On behalf of: Kennes les 3 As
From international runaway bestselling author and pathologist Dr. Philipe Boxho, the secrets and stories of forensic medicine from his career examining the dead and appreciating what that reveals about life.
“Hello, Doctor? We have a problem.”
The dead can speak… If you know how to listen. And renowned Belgian forensic pathologist Dr. Philippe Boxho certainly does. During his long career spanning more than thirty years, he has been called to examine over 4,000 bodies. Now he shares some of his most memorable, chilling, and often morbidly funny stories.
In Conversations with the Dead, he takes us to crime scenes where bodies disappear, murders are covered up, suicides reveal surprises, and the dead aren’t always as dead as we think. Exploring a range of fatal causes—some brutal, some accidental, and others cruelly mundane—Dr. Boxho shows us the science behind his quest to uncover the truth.
Gripping, surprising, at times humorous and deeply moving, Conversations with the Dead offers readers a glimpse into the darkest recesses of the human psyche, and reveals the universal threads of life that make us human.
Reviews
“Miniature tragedies cram the pages of the books of the Belgian forensic pathologist Philippe Boxho, and explain why his bestsellers are at numbers one, two and three of France’s nonfiction charts: they are macabre but also darkly comic and, above all, true.”—The Guardian
“The stories are told in meticulous detail by an expert who can tell you how a bullet slows down in the human body—or gets stuck, or goes missing, or comes back out again… Gripping and witty, these two bestsellers are also full of information about our anatomy and how the human body works.”—Le Parisien
“In his two books Philippe Boxho has set out to give a voice to the dead and to shed light on a profession that is often defined by clichés… Drawing on his expertise and never erring from the truth, Philippe Boxho brings us extraordinary tales from his riveting everyday life.”—L’Éclaireur FNAC
“Death has always fascinated readers, but this forensic pathologist, who has autopsied thousands of corpses in his thirty-year career, masters his narrative perfectly, making death light-hearted and sometimes even entertaining… He welcomes readers into his unique world in a book that is not frightening. It’s an accessible and interesting read, despite the gravity of the subject.”—SoirMag
“Dr. Boxho wields a pen as expertly as a scalpel. The forensic pathologist has a way with words…His dialogue is finely crafted, and every new story—written as just a day in the life—brings new twists.”—Le Spécialiste
“If you like crime stories with a touch of horror, you’re going to love Philippe Boxho’s two books, where each new story is more unusual than the previous one!”—La Libre
“Slices of life that are so extraordinary that you sometimes have to pinch yourself to believe them.”—L’Echo